An earlier video showed a large amount of burning debris falling to the ground.

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Government officials were on scene soon after the fire began

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Most of the development's 12 towers were not affected

On Tuesday morning, Ajman civil defence said the fire had been extinguished and that teams were waiting for the building to cool down.

The 2.7bn dirham (£515m; $735m) project had been due to open in 2009, but was completed years later.

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Media captionFootage showed flames engulfing the Address Hotel in January

In the New Year's Eve hotel blaze, which burned for more than 20 hours, police said 16 people were injured. Planned fireworks at the nearby Burj Khalifa went ahead despite the fire breaking out shortly before.